謙讓

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See also: 谦让 and 謙譲

Chinese

modest
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
trad. (謙讓)
simp. (谦让)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (38)
Final () (157) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter khem nyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰem/ /ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰem/ /ȵiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɛm/ /ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɛm/ /ȵɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰem/ /ȵiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰiem/ /ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰiem/ /ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān ràng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
him1 joeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān ràng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khem › ‹ nyangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁem/ /*naŋ-s/
English modest yield

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6070 13649
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰeːm/ /*njaŋs/

Verb

謙讓

  1. to modestly decline

Synonyms

Adjective

謙讓

  1. humble; modest; unassuming

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謙讓):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
じょう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of 謙讓 – see the following entry.
謙譲けんじょう
modest, humble
modesty, humility
to humble
(This term, 謙讓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

謙讓 (gyeomyang) (hangeul 겸양)

  1. hanja form? of 겸양